Nicholas Conrad, PhD

Assistant Professor
Endowed Title: Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research 2007-2011
Microbiology
Graduate Program: Biological Chemistry
Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-633-1365
Office Fax: 214-648-5905

nicholas.conrad@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolJohns Hopkins University (2002)

Research Interests

KSHV gene expression
Mechanisms of post- and co-transcriptional gene regulation
RNA biology
RNA decay

Publications

Featured
Delineation of a core RNA element required for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ORF57 binding and activity.

Sei E, Conrad NK, Virology, 2011 Oct; 419 (2):107-16

Featured
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ORF57 protein binds and protects a nuclear noncoding RNA from cellular RNA decay pathways.

Sahin BB, Patel D, Conrad NK, PLoS pathogens, 2010 Mar; 6 (3):e1000799

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Posttranscriptional gene regulation in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.

Conrad NK, Advances in applied microbiology, 2009 ; 68:241-61

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Chapter 15. Co-immunoprecipitation techniques for assessing RNA-protein interactions in vivo.

Conrad NK, Methods in enzymology, 2008 ; 449:317-42

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Mutational analysis of a viral RNA element that counteracts rapid RNA decay by interaction with the polyadenylate tail.

Conrad NK, Shu MD, Uyhazi KE, Steitz JA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007 Jun; 104 (25):10412-7

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Identification of a rapid mammalian deadenylation-dependent decay pathway and its inhibition by a viral RNA element.

Conrad NK, Mili S, Marshall EL, Shu MD, Steitz JA, Molecular cell, 2006 Dec; 24 (6):943-53

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A Kaposi's sarcoma virus RNA element that increases the nuclear abundance of intronless transcripts.

Conrad NK, Steitz JA, The EMBO journal, 2005 May; 24 (10):1831-41